{"id":1958,"date":"2026-07-18T06:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2026-07-18T06:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:25:55","slug":"cognitive-layers-attention-curiosity-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/macdaddy4sure.ai\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/cognitive-layers-attention-curiosity-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Layers (Attention, Curiosity, Drives)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unified fa\u00e7ade over MathNN attention\/curiosity, RL intrinsic motivation, and cognitive-drive ODEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[text]<br><\/em>Salience (candidates) \u2192 Attention (curiosity-biased) \u2192 Focus top-k<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2191&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2191<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; weather\/hazards&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u03b2_eff from drives + body<br>Curiosity (count + episodic mem) \u2192 intrinsic reward \/ shape<br>Drives ODE: attention, arousal, curiosity, fatigue, confidence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[text]<br><\/em>layers status|doctor|metrics|selftest<br>layers mode task|explore|safety|social<br>layers capacity 5 | beta 1.5<br>layers link body on|off | link drives on|off<br>layers seed | candidates | clear | add &lt;id&gt; &lt;kind&gt; [sal]<br>layers focus [query]<br>layers cycle [novelty] [success] [query]<br>layers drives | drives step &lt;nov&gt; &lt;suc&gt; | drives reset<br>layers curiosity bonus &lt;key&gt; | shape &lt;r&gt; &lt;i&gt;<br>layers attn-demo | curiosity-demo<br>layers rl &lt;agent_id&gt;<br>attention focus|mode|capacity|demo<br>curiosity status|beta|bonus|reset|demo|mode<br>layerskit status|selftest|focus|cycle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coupling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Input<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Effect<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mode explore<\/td><td>Higher \u03b2, novelty bias<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mode task<\/td><td>Goal relevance bias<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mode safety<\/td><td>Safety candidates prioritized; low \u03b2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Drive curiosity\/fatigue<\/td><td>Scales beta_eff<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Body restorative\/recover\/safe<\/td><td>Suppresses exploration \u03b2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Body equilibrium<\/td><td>Calls layers cycle<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building blocks reused<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>_Attention, _CuriosityAttention (MathNNLayers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>_IntrinsicCuriosity (RLExplore)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>_CognitiveDrives (MathDynamics)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>_RLAgentNet::SetCuriosityScale via layers rl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weather storm risk as optional salience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Self-test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[text]<br><\/em>layers selftest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unified fa\u00e7ade over MathNN attention\/curiosity, RL intrinsic motivation, and cognitive-drive ODEs. 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